Sanitary refuse receiver



,Feb. 23 1925.

W. L. ALLEN SANITARY REFUSE RECEIVER Filed M y 11, 1925 Y INVENTOR: W L.AZZen/, BY

4 i ATTORNEY.

Patented Feb. 23, .1926.

WILLIAM L. ALLEN, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

SANITARY REFUSE RECEIVER. Y L

Application filed May 11, 1925. Serial No. 29,478.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. ALLEN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at No. 1427 est 28th Street, city of Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Refuse Receivers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to garbage receptacles and the general object thereof is to provide an improved sanitary garbage re c-eptacle which may be built under the drain board of a sink and extendedup through the drain board flush with the upper surface thereof and outwardly through the wall of the house, so that the receptacle will be in a most convenient location in the kitchen for receiving garbage, and arranged so that the garbage may be removed therefrom from outside the house, thus making it unnecessary to carry the garbage through the kitchen out of the house.

Other objects and advantages will appear hereinafter and while I disclose herein apreferred form of construction I do not limit myself to such form because it may be em-- bodied in other forms and it is to be understood that in and by the claims of the specification I intend to cover my invention in whatever form it maybe embodied.

Referring to the drawings,

Figure 1 is a fragmentary sectional view of a house showing my garbage receptacle built in under the drain board of the kitchen sink, and extending upwardly through the drain board and out through the wall of the house.

.Figure 2 is a transverse vertical section of my receptacle taken on line 22 of Figure 1. l

Figure 3 is a transverse vertical section 'of the receptacle taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1. Figure 4 is a horizontal section of my receptacle taken on line 4-4 of Figure 1.

. Referring in detail to the drawing, 1 in-.

dicates a housing which is located under the drain board 2 of a kitchen sink 3 and extends through the outer wall 4 of the house, the outer side of the housing being normally closed by a door 5 which is hinged to one side of the housing at 6 and may be held closed by a hasp 7 and pin 8. The housing 1 is formed with a neck 9 extending-upwardly from the top thereof through an opening 10 in the drain board 2-adjacent One end of the sink 3.

A frame 11 is fitted in the opening 10 over the end of the neck 9, said frame comprising a vertical wall -12 fitted against the wall of said opening, a lower external flange 13 engaging. the under side of the drain board, an upper inturned flange 14 fit ting over the upper end of the neck 9 flush with the upper surface of the drain board, a. vertical flange 15 depending from the inner edge of flange 14 within the upper end of the neck 9, and an internal flange 16 on the lower end of the vertical flange 15. v

A cover 17 is hinged at 18 to-the upper flange 14 of frame 11 for closing the upper end of the neck 9, the flange 14 and the edges of the cover being formed with coacting beveled surfaces 18 and 19 which form a tight seal between the flange and cover when the cover is closed. The cover 17 rests flush with the upper surface of the drain board and is formed with an undercut depression 20 in the upper surface thereof into which the fingers may be inserted for swinging open the cover.

In the neck 9 is placed a garbage receptacle 21 through the opening 22 in the frame 11, there being an external flange 23 on the upper end of the receptacle for resting upon the internal frame flange 16 and suspending the receptacle in the frapie- The lower end of the receptacle 21 is normally closed by a door'24 hinged at one side at 25 to the inbeveled shoulder 26 and engaging at its opposite edge said shoulder on the lower edge of the opposite side wall of the receptacle, the shoulder being formed on the inside of all four walls of the receptacle. The inner surfaces of said side walls converge inwardly slightly to the shoulder 26 as indicated at 28. The side wall to which the door 24 is hinged and the two adjoining side side of one side of the receptacle under a Q walls extend below the shoulder 26 to pre-.

- housing 1 below the receptacle.

door 24: is hinged, whereby the door is held closed.

. thereceptacle is filled the hanger 31 may be disengaged from the hook 32 and the door 24 lowered to emptythe garbage from the receptacle into agarbage-g can 33 in the Thetgarbage can 33 may, upon opening the door 5, be removed from the housing 1 from outside of the house.

In the inner side of the walls of the outer end of the housing 1 is formed a continuous groove 34 in which is placed a gasket 35 saturated with poison to exterminate vermin. A shelf36 is secured to the inside of one of the vertical wallsof the housing on which shelf is placed a receptacle 37 con-,

' entrance in the drain board of a sink, a

housing below the receptacle extending through the outer Wall of the house in which housing may be placed a garbage can to receive the contents of said receptacle, and

means for dumping the contents of said receptacle into'said garbage can.

2. A garbage receptacle comprising a housin for holding a garbage can, a neck extending upwardly from the top of said housing through the drain board of a sink, a frame fitting over the upper end of said neck, a door for closing the opening'in' said frame, a garbage receptacle detachably suspended in said frame. within said neck, above said garbage can, and means for discharging the contents of the receptacle from the bottom thereof into said garbage can.

3. A garbage receptacle comprising a receptacle mounted in the drain board of a sink, a door hinged in the bottom of said receptacle, a hanger connected to said door and extending u wardl therefrom, and a hook on the wal of the receptacle'to be engaged by the hanger tohold the door closed;

,1 In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

- WILLIAM L. ALLEN. 

